SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
AI Code Finder, Alerts, Ask Questions about Papers: CatalyzeX
Chrome extension·by gragtah
74
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
Automated analysis of publicly available code — not a professional security audit. It may produce false positives and does not prove an extension is unsafe or safe. Treat it as one signal among many. Disclaimer · Report an issue
How it ranks
AI Code Finder, Alerts, Ask Questions about Papers: CatalyzeX's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
22%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,596 extensions
In Productivity
29%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 198,328 productivity extensions
Findings
179
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
50000
median 13vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 179 distinct issues across 6 severities
179
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 188 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium5028%
Low12872%
Info11%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 3 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
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